warring tribes

collocation in English

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warring
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈwɔː.rɪŋ/us
/ˈwɔːr.ɪŋ/
Warring countries or groups of people are at war with ...
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tribe
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/traɪb/us
/traɪb/
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns ...
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Ibans were renowned for practising headhunting and tribal/territorial expansion and had a fearsome reputation as a strong and successfulwarringtribein ancient times.
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The company negotiated a truce between the two warring tribes.
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This contingent pacified all warring tribes on the coast and had penetrated into the interior.
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There has also been a significant amount of death from warring tribes in the south.
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Fractured skulls unearthed at the site suggest face-to-face combat, possibly between warring tribes.
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He led a number of successful military expeditions against warring tribes.
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Men carried out the important tasks of hunting for food and protecting women and children from attack by other warring tribes.
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A wise old man (known as apo), seeing the perils of disunity, exerted great effort toward uniting the warring tribes.
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Feral children, organized into warring tribes after abandonment by social services, live in ramshackle tree house like structures constructed from garbage and prey on tourists.
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He was successful in forcefully conquering and unifying what had previously been a number of warring tribes to form a strong kingdom.
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It was abandoned by 1561 due to hurricanes, famine, and warring tribes, and the area was not re-inhabited until the 1690s.
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The dense population was concentrated in the narrow valleys, and consisted of warring tribes, who sometimes cannibalized their enemies.
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Some of them on the island were enlisted to help the colonists defeat the other warring tribes.
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